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Khalil Ibrahim’s Modesty Series projects nudes in a new light, with the colours concealing the body forms with exquisite colour blend, with the faces rendered ambiguous to focus on the beauty of feminine body contours and anonymity. Putting svelte bodies au naturel, often by the beachside, in a modern version of the mandi safar ritual perhaps, with the sun, the sea, sand and the breeze blowing, is a rapturous moment. This is the most beautiful piece from the series, with the tonal play and colour nuances, unlike his Canangsari Series which uses slivers of coloured strips. Khalil Ibrahim was the first to be awarded a Pahang State scholarship to study for his National Diploma of Design in Fine Arts at St. Martin’s School of Art and Design in London, 1963, postgraduate 1965. On his return in September 1966, he decided to become a full time artist. In his double solo at the Samat Art Gallery in 1970, he exhibited his batiks and his London works, and he was also the first Malaysian to have a solo in Indonesia, in 1970. Khalil was a co-founder of the Malaysian Watercolour Society.